Doll



Nov. 14, 1944.

A. M. PETERSON ET AL DOLL Filed March 19, 1943 INVENTORS lqrroe/ve'y s Patented Nov. 14, 1944 DOLL Angela M. Peterson, Parkersburg, W. Va., and Joseph Schaeffers, Lakewood, Ohio Application March 19, 1943, Serial No. 479,706

2 Claims.

This invention relates to dolls, and more particularly to dolls of the type embodying each a flat base or foundation shaped to present the outlines of a head, trunk, arms and legs corresponding to like outlines of a printed picture of a-person mounted upon such back or foundation,

it being customary for the owners of such dolls to dress the same with different styles and colors of garments.

One of the objects of our invention is toprovide children with personalized dolls, each of said dolls comprising a semi-rigid back or foundation, shaped to conform to the outlines of the photograph of a particular individual, and the photographic representation of said individual being secured to the said back or foundation.

A further object of the invention is to provide, for dolls of this type, feet of rigid material to which the parts of the foundation representing the bottoms of the legs may be removably applied; also to employ with such feet an economical and efficient means for enabling the complete doll to be placed in a standing position and to be'stabilized in such position.

We accomplish the foregoing objects in and through the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the drawing hereof, wherein Fig. 1 represents a front elevational view, in partial perspective, of a doll constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 a detail in section cor responding to the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 3 a bottom plan view and Fig. 4 a side elevational view of the feet and the stabilizing loop.

Describing the parts by reference characters, I denotes the back or foundation, which is made of suitable stiff material, such as cardboard or plywood, and which has been cut out along the lines of a photograph 2 of a person, said photograph conforming to a standardized pose of such person, who may be the owner of the doll, the said photograph being mounted upon said back or foundation by any suitable adhesive material.

For the purpose of rendering a doll of this character more life-like in appearance and also to contribute to providing a stable support for the same when it is placed in a standing position, the bottoms of the legs 3 are inserted into slots 5 extending downwardly from the tops of three-dimensional feet 4, made of suitable rigid material, such as glass, metal, or plastic material.

base for the doll than can be obtained by the feet alone, we have provided each of the feet 4, including the shoe thereon, with a slot 6 extending inwardly and forwardly thereinto from the bottom or lower part of the outer edge of the foot. These slots receive the inner ends of a. supporting loop I which may be made of resilient wood or' other spring-like material. The loop preferably approximates the segment of a circle in outline, and this segment is preferably about three-fourths of a circle in extent, the ends of the loop being inserted under compression into the slots 6. As shown in Figs. 1, 3 and'4, these slots may extend inwardly and forwardly from the bottom or lower part of the, front portions of the feet 4; or, as shown in Fig. 2, they may extend inwardly and forwardly into the heels, from the bottom or lower part of the outer edges thereof. This results in not only providing the doll with a base of such extent as will enable it to stand in an upright position, but the reaction of the spring tends to spread the feet outwardly, as will appear from Figs. 2 and 3, thereby causing the lower ends of the legs to be tightly held by the walls' of the slots 5, thus enabling the feet to remain attached to the legs of the doll when the doll is lifted.

. Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A doll comprising a base orfoundation having the outlines of a human figure, including legs, and rigid feet having slots extending downwardly thereinto from the upper ends thereof into which the lower ends of the said legs are insertible, and a resilient loop member having its ends connected to the said feet and adapted to engage a base upon which the feet may rest, thereby to impart stability to the said doll.

2. In the doll recited in claim 1, the feet being provided each with an aperture extending inwardly and forwardly from the outer side thereof and the ends of the loop member being insertible into said apertures under compression whereby the said member will tend to spread apart the forward portions of the feet.

ANGELA M. PETERSON. JOSEPH SCHAEFFERS. 

